JCP New Editor Announcement

The publications committee of the Society for Consumer Psychology is pleased to announce that Amna Kirmani will be the new editor of the Journal of Consumer Psychology. Amna will start processing new manuscripts on January 1, 2015. Connie (Cornelia) Pechmann, who has served as editor since January 1, 2012, will continue processing revisions through June 30, 2015. After that date Amna will process all manuscripts.

Amna Kirmani is Director of Doctoral Programs and Professor of Marketing at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Her research interests include persuasion knowledge, behavioral signaling, social influence, and branding. Her work has been published in several journals, including the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, and Journal of Consumer Psychology. Her papers have won the Paul Green Award in the Journal of Marketing Research, the Maynard Award in the Journal of Marketing, the Best Paper Award in the Journal of Advertising and Article of the Year at AMA TechSIG. She is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Marketing and the Journal of Consumer Psychology and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Consumer Research, and the Journal of Interactive Marketing. She is President-Elect of the Association for Consumer Research. Amna is known for her keen research mind, bringing a blend of intellectualism, eclecticism, and methodological and analytical rigor to address important consumer and market issues.

SCP gratefully thanks Connie for her outstanding dedication and excellent service to JCP.

Susan Broniarczyk (Chair)
Larry Compeau
Darren Dahl
Tina Lowrey
Stijn van Osselaer
C.W. Park